The objective of all Google offices is longevity and timelessness, whether it is about building a new building and renewing an existing structure: «We think of all the offices in a very similar way: how can we make a building that remains functional and vibrant for centuries? Unable to predict the future, the company opts to look at the past in search of buildings that have achieved this objective Main aspects, «explains Kaufmann: high ceilings, double height space, access to daylight, light between columns and exposed structure. It is largely this design skeleton that defines almost any Google space.
From these characteristics, Google designers try to incorporate three types of spaces: Those designed for work that require in -depth concentration, which are for collaboration and meetings, and those that are destined to create community and promote innovation. Many of these basic elements are present at the company's offices at the New York spring: large windows open to incredible views of the Hudson River, spaces for equipment within a relatively open floor, and numerous coffee shops that give space to relax or awaken curiosity.
Bay View (Mountain View, California)
Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios, these Google offices in Bay View is the first project that the company designs from scratch: «We had always been in existing buildings, and only in the last five to seven years we have designed buildings for us,» says Kaufmann. With a campaign and window -shaped roof that go from floor to the roof throughout the building, Bay View offices are undoubtedly one of the most unique to the company. «We have a crazy and bold objective: be neutral in Carbon emissions By 2030 in all our buildings, Including data centers, «explains Kaufmann, adds that Bay View exemplifies many of the strategies that the technology company plans to apply to achieve it.
Google designers try to make their sustainability efforts so beautiful and exciting for employees as for Earth: «It is about being sustainable and, at the same time, thinking about how we can create an extraordinary experience for the user,» explains Kaufmann. In the Bay View building, the solar panels of the ceiling imitate the scales of a dragon in a visually interesting and original way, while a decorative pond acts as a wastewater treatment center, for example. «Thinking about sustainability from the user's perspective is our most important approach«says Kaufmann.